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[quote=Anonymous][quote]After last weekend, I feel like I need an "I survived running on the Mt. Vernon Trail" t-shirt.

SO many jackass cyclists.

Slow down. Stop. Be kind and considerate when passing people, and DO NO WEAVE IN AND OUT. There is actually a speed limit to the trail. It is NOT your personal training ground.

However, I've taken a risky move. Instead of running on the far right of the path, I started running more in the center. Or, to the center-left of the "lane."

That seemed to actually encourage many of the really jackass cyclists to slow down and pass appropriately, by waiting for traffic to clear in the opposite direction. A couple were still hell bent on not slowing down, but it did make a number of cyclists re-consider splicing through trail traffic.

It sounds like the cyclists aren't the only ones who were being "jackasses" out there then.

Nope.

Doing this doesn't hinder anyone, except the Lance-wannabees who refuse to slow down. Cyclists and bikers who go a normal speed for a mixed-use trail (15mph max generally) aren't affected. Regardless, cyclists always must yield to pedestrians.

If you bike within the speed limit, you're not going to be affected by a pedestrian in the right lane - even if they're on the left, or center-left side. If you can't pass then, then wait. It's simple. Just wait.

I typically ride at 12 MPH or so on trails. But I still feel safer passing when walkers, runners and slower cyclists move to the right, as I do when I am being passed. Of course there is no legal obligation to move to the right (as long as you are right of the center line) but why not do what you can for everyone's safety?

As a pedestrian (runner, mainly) I find it safer if I'm toward the center. Cyclists on the whole seem more likely to slow down when passing, and give greater clearance. You'd think it would be the opposite, but unfortunately that's not the case. If I'm on the far right, the Tour de France dingos will squeeze through anything (like if there's someone else in the opposite direction). If I'm running closer to the center, they're more likely to slow down and wait. Safer for me, safer for everyone. 
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What you said makes no sense... runners, walkers and bikers drift as they use a trail. If you are in the center you will drift in the left lane and people will pass you on either side. You also disrupt the people coming the opposite way. Sounds like you are very disrupted on the trail.[/quote]

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